Improvement in hat-rakes and loaders



J. J. THOMPSON, or RlO'HWOO'D, OHIO.`

Letters Patent No. 83,110, dated October 13,1868. l

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-RAKES AND II-LIOADERS.

VThe Schedule referred to in these Letters,Patent and making part of the same.

in the county of Union, and'State of Ohio, have in` vented a new and useful Improvement in Hay-Loading Attachments for Wagons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionA of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are madea part of this speciiication, and-in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved hay-loading implement.

Figure 2 is a top view of the saine.

Figure 3 is a side view of one of the ground-wheels with its attached ratchet-wheel.

-Figure 4 is a plan of that part of the aXle on which said wheel is to be fixed.

Figure 5 is a detached view, showing the circular plate to be hereinafter particularly referred to.

Similar lettersof reference indicate correspondingv partsrin the several figures.

elevating implement designed to be attached to the i rear endl of, and drawn over a field with, a wagon forthe purpose of depositing the cut hay intothe latter. To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appel/nains, to fully understand and use the same, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.'

A may represent beams, resting near their rearv ends `upon the axle-trece, and connected together in front by cross-pieces b b, in the middle of which is secured a bar, l, provided with a Vhook or ring in front by which my implement can be attached to a wagon. Over the axle-tree c, I mortise into the top of the beams A, or otherwise securely attach thereto, the beams B B', which join the beams A at an angle, as represented, and reston the shoulders d of the posts C C', which are'oi such a thickness on their upper ends as to pass through openings in the upper beams B B', which openings are closed on* the outside by the n'letallicl .plates e e.

The posts C C are to have two notches, (or more,) l d, so that the upper beams B B' can be raised or ,lowered in accordance with the height of the wagon, for'which pru'pose I divide each of the beams B B at about their mid-length, and pivot the upper parts of the same between the metallic plates f which couple the so-divided two pieces together. The openings inthe beams B B', through which the posts C C, pass, are to be of such a length that a wedge, g, canbe driven into it at the upper side, so that the posts C C have to remain in a tight position, and the beams B B' cannot slide oli' from the notches d. Journalled in the beams B B are rollers h 71, h, around which an endless carrier, D, is made to move. On the upper roller h, I fasten, outside of the beam B, a pulley, fi, so that this roller h, and therewith the endless carrier D, is pnt in motion by the belt L passing around pulleys 1'. and l, the latter pulley, l, being secured onl the axlefree a, between the wheel E and the beamfA-. p

Fig. 3 showsa ratchet-wheel, F, with angular hole in the centre, so that it can be xed on the c'orresponding part m of the axle-tree a.. This ratchet F bears against a circular plate, n, which is fastened on the inner side of the hub of the wheel A', and on which plate a are pivoted pawls O, which bear against the ratchet by means of springs p, also secured to plate u on the axle. p Between the two lower beams A, and mounted upon the axle-tree, is a large roller,F, which rotates with the axle-tree as soon as my implement is pulled forward. The axle-tree turns with the wheels, and its motion, as well as the operation of the device,`will cease when the implement moves backwards. Ata suitable distance from the roller F' I hang to the rear part of my implement a rake, Gr, fastened to the same by hooks q and the metallic plates @which latter are 'secured on` the top of the beams A, and in which'play The hay raked by the rake "e wnrbe caught by the teeth of the rotating roller F', and by the motion' of the same carried up and delivered to the endless carrier D, which, by its upward motion, and'by means of the teeth t in the cross-pieces u, connecting the belts o o', will carry the hay upward to the wagon. Ihe teeth 'of -the large rollerF are inserted into the periphery of smaller rollers H, by which means they cleanthemselves from the hay on' being brought into proximity with the rollers h by therotation of the main roller F',

Under this operation, the rollers H will of necessity be turned, and the teeth moved in suchl a way as to present themselves inA a backward direction. Therefore I insert in eachlof these rollers a pin, w, (see iig. 5,) which, as soon as the teeth fi, of the rollers H arrive atthe point where the hay is received by the carrier, will enter the depression t of the. stationarytcircular' plate 1 and thereby turn the rollers H so as to adapt the teeth x to free themselves of the hay as above described. The rollers H and teeth a: reassume their original position when the pins u pass out of the depression in the plate I.

AHaving thus described my invention,

What I claim as new herein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

`The combination of the rotating device F H, rake G, endless'carrier D, pins or fingers w, and stationary plate I c?, all constructed, arranged, and operating in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

To the above specication of my improved hay-rake and loader, I have signed my name, this, the 3d day of June, 1868. i

Witnesses:v J. J. THOMPSON.

JOSEPH ORATTY, BENTON W.` FISH. 

